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Not only are bar associations not catching on quickly enough, New York has moved backwards, recently adding intrusive and likely illegal questions to the current bar application, without any opportunity for the LAP community to comment.

The most prevalent mental illness among lawyers, as among the general population, is addiction, specifically alcoholism.

Alcoholism, like all addictions, is a chronic, progressive brain disease. It‘s treatable. Perhaps not as successfully as one might like, but on a par with other chronic diseases that require substantial behavioral change, like diabetes and hypertension.Unfortunately, many people still don‘t believe addiction is a disease. That‘s why science-based education is so important.For a not-for-profit website that discusses the science of substance use and abuse in accessible English (how alcohol and drugs work in the brain; how addiction develops; why addiction is a chronic, progressive brain disease; what parts of the brain malfunction as a result of substance abuse; how that malfunction skews decision-making and motivation, resulting in addict behaviors; why some get addicted while others don‘t; how treatment works; how well treatment works; why relapse is common; what family and friends can do; etc.) please click on www.AddictScience.com.